Montagu writes, “I have been so lucky neither to suffer from fear or sea-sickness” (47). In her first letter in The Turkish Embassy Letters, she writes to her sister. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu defines her own sense of freedom and breaks from this tutelage by traveling outside of her comfort zone. More importantly, in the context of culture, standards are different throughout the world and typically followed without hesitation. What is it that is confining? Societal standards and pressure, thrust upon the masses by a small percent of the population. If there needs to be liberation, it implies that there is something confining or restricting. Kant describes being enlightened as liberation from self-incurred tutelage. It is this very stereotyping though that Immanuel Kant says prevents us from being enlightened or having the chance to become enlightened. Stereotypically, clothing is something women love.
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